Delmark has just celebrated 60 years and deftly retains a healthy roster of current and upcoming players as well as an enviable back catalogue. Their celebratory disc gave us a Tail Dragger track as an entry onto our list of 400-CBA (Current Blues Artists) - his given name is James Yancey Jones, the "Tail Dragger" replacement came courtesy of the mighty Howlin' Wolf. Just about everyone in that first hour of the show is eligible for the list, which is proud to welcome Drink Small and Brandon Bailey (in their own way distinctive and uncompromising). Cool John Ferguson plays hot guitar and found himself at Music Maker as did the young aggregation going out under the name Carolina Chocolate Drops. Buddy Guy tarries a mite too long with rock acolytes for most purists these days but he still pulls it out if the bag when he's a mind. Earnest Guitar Roy just notched up a second album and a positive nod from Living Blues Magazine: Big George Brock was a boxer and Aron Burton started as a part of Albert Collins band (these days he's out under his own name). Eddie C. Campbell has had a few health worries which started during a German jaunt, he's home now.
My Saturday breakfast listening was B B King's "Rock Me Baby" out on Modern Records, label mates Hadda Brooks, Mickey Champion and Young John Watson were along for our ride too. Hambone Willie Newbern reached across the ages, while Mercy Baby and Joe hill Louis went rural and raw. We balanced a couple of choices from opposite ends of Lazy Lester's work so far - he's been to the Cambridge Folk Festival and we also caught him in a live session done for radio. Wilson Picket was down at Fame for one of his best vocals even if it's not as well known as the radio friendly hits. Johnnie Taylor was effortless and Johnnny Dyer's mill is broken but he is still eligible for 400-CBA even at the end of the playlist.
That 400-CBA register is building quite nicely now and it's a fabulous chance for you and me to hear some of the genuine old fashioned stuff, perhaps for the first time on British commercial FM radio. There's more planned for our next get together on Sunday at 10 pm (GMT), until then take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you
track.title | track.artistsort | index | album.title | album.artistsort | label |
Well I Done Got Over It | Buddy Guy | 7 | Rhythm & Blues | Buddy Guy | Sony Music Entertainment |
shake for me | Big George Brock | 8 | round two | Big George Brock | |
You Found Another Lover (I Lost Another Friend) | Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite | 5 | Get Up! | Ben HarperCharlie Musselwhite | STAX |
Soul Thing | Brandon O. Bailey | 9 | Memphis Grooves | Brandon O. Bailey | APO |
Southbound Train | Aaron Burton | 7 | Past, Present, & Future | Aaron Burton | Orchard |
I Do | Eddie C. Campbell | 1 | Spider Eating Preacher | Eddie C. Campbell | DELMARK |
somebody's gotta give | earnest guitar roy | 7 | goin down to clarksdale | earnest guitar roy | n/a |
Straight Church | Cool John Ferguson | 4 | Guitar Heaven | Cool John Ferguson | MUSIC MAKER |
Out on the Road | Lazy Lester | 12 | Broadcasting The Blues! | Various Artists | Southwest Musical Arts |
Black-Eyed Daisy | Carolina Chocolate Drops | 11 | Dona Got A Ramblig Mind | Carolina Chocolate Drops | MUSIC MAKER |
So Sweet | Drink Small | 2 | Hallelujah Boogaloo | Drink Small | MUSIC MAKER |
tend to your business | tail dragger | 14 | 60 years of blues | various artists | DELMARK |
I'm a lover not a fighter | lazy lester | 16 | Mojo Working : Best Of Ace Blues | Various Artists | ACE |
Rock Me Baby | B. B. King | 17 | Mojo Working : Best Of Ace Blues | Various Artists | ACE |
Well'o Well'o Well'o Baby | Earl King | 14 | Earl's Pearls | Earl King | WESTSIDE |
Space Guitar | Young John Watson | 10 | The History Of Rhythm & Blues, Volume 3 - The Rocknroll Years | Various Artists | Rhythm and Blues Records |
Three Time Loser | Wilson Pickett | 15 | Have Mercy! The Songs Of Don Covay | wilson pickett | rhino |
Pleadin' | Mercy Baby | 22 | 4th & Beale And Further South - Ace (Ms.) Blues Masters Vol. 2 | Various Artists | WESTSIDE |
Get Up Off it | Joe Hill Louis | 5 | 4th & Beale And Further South - Ace (Ms.) Blues Masters Vol. 2 | Various Artists | WESTSIDE |
its all your own fault | Magic Sam | 5 | Live 1968 avant-garde | Magic Sam | delmark |
come on in this house | Magic Sam | 8 | Live 1968 avant garde | Magic Sam | delmark |
Good for Nothin' Man | Mickey Champion | 25 | Blues Belles With Attitude | Various Artists | ACE |
Ridin' the Boogie | Hadda Brooks | 11 | Modern Music: 1945 | Various Artists | ACE |
Boogie Woogie | Amos Milburn | 48 | Blues Barrelhouse And Boogie - The Best Of | Amos Milburn | Capitol |
The Chicken | Mississippi John Hurt | 15 | Theme Time Radio Hour - Series 2 | Various Artists | ACE |
Shelby Country Workhouse Blues | Hambone Willie Newbern | 2 | Let Me Tell You About The Blues: Atlanta | Various Artists | Fantastic Voyage |
You Can't Keep a Good Man Down | Johnnie Taylor | 10 | Raw Blues | Johnnie Taylor | FANTASY/STAX |
Can't Get No Grinding (What's the Matter Mill) | Johnny Dyer | 3 | Rolling Fork Revisited | Johnny Dyer | Mountaintop |
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